In an interview with the Foundation for Middle East Peace, Ken Roth shares the details of how Harvard denied him a fellowship following donor pressure because he had supervised Human Rights Watch’s report accusing Israel of apartheid.
It is a cultural tragedy that Yair Rosenberg is the Atlantic’s antisemitism expert. He is an agitator. His job is to stir up the antiZionism=antisemitism and the BDS=antisemitism claims by baiting anti-Zionists, but when these discussions become real issues, he slinks away, because he is not prepared to defend the claims in a real world discussion. His baiting of the Institute for Middle East Understanding demonstrates that intellectual irresponsibility.
Two NY teens are running the presidential campaign of former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel and under a url, “netanyahu-sucks,” they offer a serious critique of policy on Israel. Both parties have been passive as Israel has “enacted racist apartheid-style policies designed to disenfranchise Palestinians.” Gravel seeks an end to military aid to Israel, an end of the Israel lobby’s “undue influence,” and openness to a “plural state” in Israel and Palestin.
Jeffrey Goldberg is very effective: he intimidates people. He is personable and funny and well-connected…
Henry Siegman is cynical (at the National Interest) about Obama’s concessions to Netanyahu. Note Siegman’s…